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The suspect was described as a stout black male, 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet tall, and between 180 and 200 pounds.

In the Macon robbery, he was wearing a navy blue wool ski hat, a blue facial covering with a white design and black gloves, according to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release. The suspect also had on a navy blue short-sleeved shirt with pockets, black sweat pants and Converse shoes.

In the Perry robbery, he was wearing the same ski hat and blue bandana, a black T-shirt and black pants, Dykes said.

No one was hurt in either robbery.

In Perry’s robbery, the man walked into the convenience store that was “full of people” and wielded a gun, Dykes said.

“That’s kind of brazen,” he said.

The man then ordered the two clerks to empty both cash registers and fled the store on foot with the cash, Dykes said.

The man was tracked by police dogs to a mobile home park behind the Perry convenience store, but the trail ended there. Dykes said he thinks the man had a vehicle waiting for him at the mobile home park and left in it.

In the Macon robbery, the man walked into the store with his hand under his shirt -- possibly concealing a firearm, police said. He demanded money from the cashier and fled on foot towards Forest Hill Road with the cash.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to call Perry police at 478-988-2821, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 and ask to leave a message for the on-call investigator, or leave anonymous tips with Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

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